Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Mo., joins other Republican House members calling on Senate Democrats to 'come back to work' on Sunday. / Cliff Owen / Associated Press

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Congress moves closer to government shutdown: House Republicans voted 231-192 early Sunday to delay the Affordable Healthcare Act for one year, moving the federal government one step closer to a shutdown.

U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn

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As Congress confronts a potential federal shutdown Tuesday and a need by Oct. 17 to extend the government’s ability to borrow money, here’s what to watch for.

The Senate: Most senators left town after the Democratic-controlled Senate approved a bill Friday preventing a government shutdown on Tuesday. It would provide money through Nov. 15.

The Senate’s next session was scheduled for 2 p.m. EDT Monday — 10 hours before a shutdown would begin.

The House: Locked in a deepening struggle with President Barack Obama, the Republican-controlled House approved legislation early Sunday imposing a one-year delay in key parts of the nation’s health care law.

The Senate: Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said the Senate would reject the new House plan, citing the health care provision.

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WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans showed no signs Sunday of relenting on their efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act as part of a stopgap funding bill, setting the course for the first government shutdown in 17 years starting Tuesday.

Rep. Marsha Blackburn said the House vote to delay the Affordable Care Act for a year was the first step to giving the public what it has been clamoring for.

“The House has shown we are listening to the American people who never wanted this law in the first place,” the Brentwood Republican who sponsored the delay said after the vote. “Overwhelmingly, our constituents have told us that they want us to delay the onset of Obamacare. It’s too expensive to afford, families can’t keep the insurance plan they like, and it’s killing jobs. … Now it’s time for the Senate to act.”

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has insisted he won’t give in to Republican demands to dismantle or delay the health care law. The law’s supporters say the last presidential election essentially proved the public wants to give it a chance.

Early Sunday, the House passed a stopgap spending bill that would delay the Affordable Care Act for a year and repeal a tax on medical devices that helps finance it.

Reid called the House vote “pointless.” White House spokesman Jay Carney called it “reckless and irresponsible” because Obama has already said he will veto any attempt to delay or defund the law.

A shutdown would have broad effects in Tennessee.

National parks and preserves would be shut. Many of the state’s roughly 25,000 federal workers would be furloughed. New applications for passports, gun permits, student loans and other government programs would be frozen.

Sunday’s House vote followed a Senate vote Friday to approve a “clean” stopgap funding measure that removed a House provision to defund the health care law.

The medical device tax that the House voted to repeal is expected to raise $29 billion over 10 years. The House also voted to extend the length of the stopgap bill to Dec. 15 — the Senate had opted for Nov. 15 — and approved a separate bill to make sure U.S. troops continue to be paid in the event of a shutdown.

Open enrollment

Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, who led a 21-hour filibuster-style Senate floor speech against the health care law, has been a leading GOP advocate for using the stopgap spending measure as leverage to extract concessions on the Affordable Care Act, which on Tuesday begins open enrollment for the health care insurance exchanges.

Rep. Diane Black, R-Gallatin, said Americans want the government to stay open but not at the expense of keeping the health care law in place.

“Anyone reading the news knows that Obamacare is not living up to its promises and is not ready for prime time,” she said. “It is past time for the Senate to listen to the concerns of their constituents and pass this bill to keep the government open.”

The Senate is scheduled to return at 2 p.m. today.

Many parts of the 2010 law already have been implemented, including discounts for prescription medications and a provision allowing children under 26 to remain on their parents’ health insurance policies.

On Tuesday, state-based websites where uninsured Americans can shop for and buy health insurance will open. Those without health insurance will be required to buy it or pay a penalty. Those whose income is up to 400 percent of the poverty level will receive a federal subsidy to help pay for the insurance.

Ledyard King of The Tennessean Washington Bureau contributed to this report.